On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 02:05, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 07:03, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> > On 3. Aug 2020, at 22:10, Tod Fitch <t...@fitchfamily.org> wrote: >> > >> > Looking at wikipedia, it seems that “storm drain” is used in the UK, >> Canada and the US [1]. And there is an “inlet” [2] associated with it. What >> are the opinions using: >> > >> > storm_drain = inlet >> >> >> I would suggest to use an established key, e.g. man_made >> value could be storm_drain_inlet although this is not very handy. Maybe >> water_inlet? drain_inlet? >> > > Or the existing manhole=drain is used ~24000 times > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:manhole%3Ddrain&oldid=2013942 > > I think there was a general feeling on this list that most of those drains wouldn't fit a man and so calling them manholes is a bit of a misnomer. Earlier discussion also branched into talk of entrances to culvert like structures where the other end was unknown or a difficult to map network. Drainage ditch running into a sewer type situations. These also don't resemble manholes in the traditional sense. If the native speakers think that „storm“ is required, so be it >> > > Not essential for this native speaker :-) > > Thanks > > Graeme > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
_______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
